What a weekend

WOW December has been quite a month at the Hughes household!!! Oh my oh my!! There have been good things and there have been bad things. I am not even sure where to start.......
I know one thing is for sure.....God sure does provide all you have to do is ask. He has surrounded us with the most giving and beautiful of people. From strangers to friends. As Christmas gets closer all I can say is that I am truly thankful for what he has provided for us.
Although there are times when it is all quite overwhelming it is good to know that there are people around that are willing to share the load.
Thursday evening Allyson came home complaining of a tummy ache. I was babysitting for a friend and played it off. I fed everyone supper, gave the little people a bath and started the bedtime fight. When she got up from the couch she doubled over in pain. She had a look that said "I do NOT feel good!!!" So I take her to the ER. Where we sit for two hours before they take us to a room. By this time they had taken a urine sample, they figured a UTI is all she had. The Dr comes in checks her out and reads her labs, her urine is clean. She is still in a great deal of pain so they decide they are going to start the process to check for appendicitis. This includes putting a line for the IV and drinking a contrast solution so they can see all of her little insides on a CT scan. While the IV was a challenge in itself, getting her to drink the contrast was the real battle. She gets half of it down and then throws up all over the bed and herself. They give her an anti nausea med and we try again. She gets a little bit more down and then pukes all over herself and the nurse. What a lovely night. The Dr decides to run the CT without the contrast. The CT comes back negative. No inflamed appendix, no blocked bowel, no bleeding in the intestine, it really didn't show anything at all other than healthy body parts. So they want to release her to go home. Now here is a 5 yr old child, she is pale, shaking with pain, she has an elevated white count and she is scared. They have NO idea what to say is wrong with her and I am freaking out. I haven't talked to Allen yet and my mind is a mess. The Dr checks her again and decides that there is something wrong with her, but she will have to be admitted. Ok, now we are getting somewhere. They take her to the pediatric wing and we wait for the Dr to come in. He checks her out and says we are going to keep her until Saturday. We want to grow her cultures and see what we have. Right now we need to get her to drink as much fluid as we can. This will help with whatever she has. So the fight begins. Allyson wants nothing to do with anything to eat or drink. She is VERY pale and in LOTS of pain. They finally bring her some pain meds and she finally goes down for a nap. Meanwhile I have had NO sleep, I haven't seen the other kids since Thursday evening. I truly have the greatest people in my life.......I have found a friend that doesn't hesitate to help out and strangers that stepped in to take over and make sure everything else was taken care of. There are no words to express how truly grateful I am to everyone that stood with us this weekend. The thoughts, the prayers, the well wishes and the support is truly unbelievable.
Even though Allen is in Afghanistan I know we are taken care of by people that love us. I hope he knows how well his family is looked after by the great Army family we have found.
Saturday afternoon finds us home and in better spirits. Allyson has a viral infection in her adenoids and lymph nodes.....Nothing a little bit of rest and fluids can't handle. All is well in the Hughes household again.
Sunday, dawns even better than Saturday. French toast for breakfast...oh yummy. Then it all goes downhill from there. I get the laundry put away and Anthony decides he wants to use the laundry basket as his boat. Well he rocks it just a little to hard! CRASH!!! He busts his head, not only does he give himself a good goose egg....he opens a good gash and bleeds all over the place!!! All I can think of is GREAT back to the ER!!!! GRRRRRRRRRRRRR
Well I clean him up, stop the bleeding and Dr it myself! No sense in wasting money on 3 stitches when I have butterflies in the first aid kit!!!! Besides scars add character!!!!
I really think I am in need of a break. Not just a day off. I need a week off of nothing but me. No kids to worry about, no dogs to feed, no dishes to wash, no meals to clean, no laundry to do, and my husband safe at home, so I don't have to worry about him.
I love my family....but weekends like this, I wonder if it is all worth the stress. Then I get a hug or a kiss and it makes it all worth while!
I am just happy that Allyson is back to normal. Anthony's head will heal. Abigail seems to be over the asthma thing. Allen is still relatively safe. I am healthy. And I have AWESOME friends.